• World Cup warm-up: Wales 17-22 Ireland• Wales’s great surge comes just too lateThere was a moment here when Ireland achieved the lead of more than 15 points they needed to replace Wales at the top of the world rankings seven days after conceding a half-century of points to England. They eased off, content with mere victory on an afternoon when their head coach, Joe Schmidt, got the reaction he had demanded.It meant little in itself, with Wales fielding a mixture of second- and third-choice players, but after defeating New Zealand last November Ireland have not had a commanding performance. This was a start and, when the two sides meet in Dublin next weekend, both will be close to full strength.